[Worship] I never heard this song before...was never a Leonard Cohen fan

[Peg Clifford]

but I just became one.

This would be great for July 4th...Memorial Day/ Veterans Day...or ANY DAY
THAT WE CELEBRATE AMERICA
Which should be every day.
The greatest country in the flippin world(no I'm not being sarcastic).

Written in 1992  it's perfect for today.

*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_P4IEr-yd8
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_P4IEr-yd8>*






























































* DemocracyLeonard Cohen
<https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1NDCM_enUS702US702&q=Leonard+Cohen&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLQz9U3yElOzgMAJrwcVgwAAAA&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjhycas287bAhUM6IMKHQe8C-gQMQgsMAA>It's
coming through a hole in the airFrom those nights in Tiananmen SquareIt's
coming from the feelThat this ain't exactly realOr it's real, but it ain't
exactly thereFrom the wars against disorderFrom the sirens night and
dayFrom the fires of the homelessFrom the ashes of the gayDemocracy is
coming to the USAIt's coming through a crack in the wallOn a visionary
flood of alcoholFrom the staggering accountOf the Sermon on the MountWhich
I don't pretend to understand at allIt's coming from the silenceOn the dock
of the bay,From the brave, the bold, the batteredHeart of
ChevroletDemocracy is coming to the USAIt's coming from the sorrow in the
streetThe holy places where the races meetFrom the homicidal bitchin'That
goes down in every kitchenTo determine who will serve and who will eatFrom
the wells of disappointmentWhere the women kneel to prayFor the grace of
God in the desert hereAnd the desert far away:Democracy is coming to the
USASail on, sail onO mighty Ship of StateTo the Shores of NeedPast the
Reefs of GreedThrough the Squalls of HateSail on, sail on, sail on, sail
onIt's coming to America firstThe cradle of the best and of the worstIt's
here they got the rangeAnd the machinery for changeAnd it's here they got
the spiritual thirstIt's here the family's brokenAnd it's here the lonely
sayThat the heart has got to openIn a fundamental wayDemocracy is coming to
the USAIt's coming from the women and the menO baby, we'll be making love
againWe'll be going down so deepThe river's going to weep,And the
mountain's going to shout AmenIt's coming like the tidal floodBeneath the
lunar swayImperial, mysteriousIn amorous arrayDemocracy is coming to the
USASail on, sail onI'm sentimental, if you know what I meanI love the
country but I can't stand the sceneAnd I'm neither left or rightI'm just
staying home tonightGetting lost in that hopeless little screenBut I'm
stubborn as those garbage bagsThat Time cannot decayI'm junk but I'm still
holding upThis little wild bouquetDemocracy is coming to the
USASongwriters: Leonard CohenDemocracy lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing
LLC *
This was when the Berlin Wall <https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Berlin_Wall> came
down and everyone was saying democracy is coming to the east. And I was
like that gloomy fellow who always turns up at a party to ruin the orgy or
something. And I said, "I don’t think it’s going to happen that way. I
don’t think this is such a good idea. I think a lot of suffering will be
the consequence of this wall coming down." But then I asked myself, "Where
is democracy really coming?" And it was the U.S.A....So while everyone was
rejoicing, I thought it wasn’t going to be like that, euphoric, the
honeymoon. So it was these world events that occasioned the song. And also
the love of America. Because I think the irony of America is transcendent
in the song. It’s not an ironic song. It’s a song of deep intimacy and
affirmation of the experiment of democracy in this country. That this is
really where the experiment is unfolding. This is really where the races
confront one another, where the classes, where the genders, where even the
sexual orientations confront one another. This is the real laboratory of





*"But if thought corrupts language, language can *
*also corrupt thought."   *     George Orwell
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